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United States Patent | 6,092,879 |
Kornhaas ,   et al. | July 25, 2000 |
A brake system for a motor vehicle is proposed, which is equipped with an antilock controller and/or electronic braking force distribution control. When a defect occurs, these control systems are turned off only when necessary for safety reasons. When defects of any other type occur, the controls continue to operate on an emergency basis.
Inventors: | Kornhaas; Robert (Schwieberdingen, DE); Gottwick; Ulrich (Stuttgart, DE) |
Assignee: | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 718544 |
Filed: | October 9, 1996 |
PCT Filed: | February 28, 1996 |
PCT NO: | PCT/DE96/00333 |
371 Date: | October 9, 1996 |
102(e) Date: | October 9, 1996 |
PCT PUB.NO.: | WO96/30243 |
PCT PUB. Date: | October 3, 1996 |
Mar 27, 1995[DE] | 195 11 161 |
Current U.S. Class: | 303/122.04; 303/3 |
Intern'l Class: | B60T 008/88 |
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